Frances Perkins Advocates Shorter Week and Higher Wages
Frances Perkins reports from McKeesport Tin Plate Plant discussions with workers on a six hour day and higher pay. Union representatives push for 50 cents an hour minimum, 30 to 36 hour week, and stronger protections amid fear of police harassment. Perkins plans Baltimore visit for more firsthand data as a Roosevelt telegram pledges support. Retail merchants in Gratton, West Virginia deliver blanket wage codes to employers.
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McKeesport
Steel Metal Workers Union
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel and Tin Workers
Carnegie Company Union
Ellenbergen
Miss Perkins
Northern Field Wage Increases And Coal Codes Set
Non-union bituminous coal producers from Appalachia submitted a code to the National Recovery Administration calling for a minimum underground wage of 3.84 a day, a 40 hour week, and open shop. The plan sets a 42 cent per ton rate for laborers and outlines bans on unfair practices, with recognition of workers’ rights to join or refrain from unions.
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Washington
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
National Recovery Administration
South
Fairmont
West Virginia
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Union Group
George Harrington
Chicago
Frank E. Taplin
Cleveland
Iowa
Alabama
Hugh S. Johnson
John R. Doolin
Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain
Western ‘Kentucky
C. F P. Richardson
Sturgis
Johnson
North
Morrow
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Labor chiefs discuss NRA wage and hour adjustments
Richberg and Hammond defend the national recovery act while guiding employers on equitable wage readjustments and compliance with maximum hour limits. They emphasize collective bargaining remains valid and warn against coercion as firms transition to new schedules under the Blue Eagle program.
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Richberg
Hammond
N.R. A
West Virginia forest development plans discussed at conference
Regional Forester Kircher led an eastern division meeting with leaders from Cherry River Boom and Lumber Sun Lumber West Virginia Pulp and Paper and North Fork Lumber to survey timber lands. Randolph plans August committee meeting as National Conservation Commission eyes federal funds, aiming to boost tourism and soil erosion prevention near Monongahela forest with a forest lands purchase plan.
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U.S. May
Coa
F. L. Space
Scranton
Cherry’ River
Joseph C. Kircher
Guy Pritchard
Fairmont
William EB. Hedges
Federal Forest Service
Randolph
National Conservation Commission
Dern
West Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
Monongahela Forest
Staté Conservation Commission
Fragmentary Text From Public Employment List
A fragment references categories of workers including federal state and local government employees public institutions agricultural labor and domestic servants as part of a workforce listing. The incomplete line suggests a broader enumeration within a government or employment notice.
Retail MerchantsHours Set For Various Store Types
Retail merchants discussed hours across categories including jewelry, hardware, groceries and general stores. Jewelry open 8 to 8 weekdays, 6 to 8 on Saturdays. hardware 8 to 5 weekdays, 8 to 8 on Saturdays. general stores 8 to 7 weekdays, 7:30 to 9 on Saturdays. groceries tentatively 8 to 5 weekdays, 8 to 8 Saturdays. A further meeting Monday will finalize authority and hours.
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Jie
Ape Hardware
Paink
Sat
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Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D. Roosevelt
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Washington, D. C
Gratton
Elgred
A. Leuthardt
Tumb Byrhen
Sidrow’s. General Radio Shop
Main St
Fage One
Strand Theatre
Movietone
Vitaphone
Walter Huston
Karen Morley
Franchot Tone
Anthur Byron
Dickie Moore
Gregory LA Cava
Imopolitan Production
Goldwyn Meret
Ole
Yui
Big Lore
Siehler Furniture Company
A.B. Murphy
Nas Latrobe St
Grafton, W. Va
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